{"id":3314,"date":"2011-10-26T13:10:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2011-10-28T14:12:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T21:12:09","slug":"walmart-celebrates-20-years-in-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/10\/26\/walmart-celebrates-20-years-in-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart celebrates 20 years in Palmdale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walmart store manager Trent Blankenship(R) receives a certificate of appreciation from Antelope Valley Black Chamber of Commerce president Richard Poston(L) at a ceremony Wednesday celebrating Walmart's 20 years of business in Palmdale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>PALMDALE \u2013 Walmart managers and associates joined several city officials and others inside the front doors of Walmart Supercenter #1660 Wednesday for a ceremony to celebrate the retail giant\u2019s 20 years of business in Palmdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of this store is no accident,\u201d said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. \u201cThe Walmart team at this store has really been with it, they\u2019ve stuck with it, and now 20 years later, they\u2019re still rocking and rolling at 10th<\/sup> street west Walmart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ledford was one of several public and private sector leaders who recognized the retail outlet during the ceremony for 20 years of service to the community. The Palmdale Chamber of Commerce, the Antelope Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, Senator Sharon Runner\u2019s Office, Congressman Buck McKeon\u2019s Office, and Assemblyman Steve Knight\u2019s Office, all recognized the retail outlet with certifications of appreciation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 20 great years and we expect 20 more great years,\u201d Knight said, adding that the store in Palmdale was where he did most of his shopping.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a place where I can shop for motor oil, apples and underwear,\u201d Knight quipped.<\/p>\n

Store Manager Trent Blankenship said in the 20 years that Walmart Store 1660 has been in Palmdale, the store has contributed more than $300,000 in funds directly to the Antelope Valley community, to schools, fire departments, police, local chambers of commerce, and local boys and girls clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday Walmart enjoys $419 billion in sales, 2.1 million associates worldwide, and daily exemplifies our commitment to saving our customers money so they can live better,\u201d Blankenship said. \u201cOur focus today, however, is on the commitment and dedication of some folks that can proudly say that they\u2019ve been serving the community since day one at this Palmdale Walmart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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13 Walmart employees were recognized for 20 years of service at Walmart in Palmdale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thirteen 20-year Walmart employees were honored with certificates and gift bags for their loyalty to the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tribute to these employees and everybody who\u2019s worked together on a team for this store,\u201d said Ledford. \u201cIt has produced a great great outcome, and we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 13 employees, who worked at Palmdale Walmart for 20 years or more, were also given certificates of recognition from the California State Assembly\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 Walmart managers and associates joined several city officials and others inside the front doors of Walmart Supercenter #1660 Wednesday for a ceremony to celebrate the retail giant\u2019s 20 years of business in Palmdale. \u201cThe success of this store is no accident,\u201d said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. \u201cThe Walmart team at this store has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}